CVE-2024-13997

Nagios XI versions prior to 2024R1.1.3 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in which an authenticated administrator could leverage the Migrate Server feature to obtain root privileges on the underlying XI host. By abusing the migration workflow, an admin-level attacker could execute actions outside the intended security scope of the application, resulting in full control of the operating system.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://www.nagios.com/changelog/nagios-xi/
https://www.nagios.com/products/security/#nagios-xi
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nagios-xi-privilege-escalation-via-migrate-server-feature-to-root-on-host

Configurations

No configuration.

History

03 Nov 2025, 22:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-11-03 22:16

Updated : 2025-11-04 15:41

NVD link : CVE-2024-13997

Mitre link : CVE-2024-13997

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-13997

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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